COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HUMAN IMPACT OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENT II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SAC 5032 HUMAN IMPACT OF NATURAL ENVIRONMENT II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Geography Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR HASAN ÇUKUR

Offered to

Geography Teacher Education

Course Objective

The recognition of Turkey's natural environment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Determination of the positive aspects of human impact on natural environment
2   Determination of the negative aspects of human impact on natural environment
3   Recognizing the importance of degradation of the natural environment
4   Recognizing the importance of sustainable use of environment
5   To reveal land degradation

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Topographic conditions that affect degradation of natural environment
2 Climatic conditions that affect degradation of natural environment
3 Impact of the degradation of natural environment main material
4 The degradation of natural environment impacts of agriculture
5 The effect of land use the degradation of the natural environment
6 Impact of the degradation of irrigation in the natural environment
7 Examples of degradation of the natural environment
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Examples of degradation of the natural environment
10 Examples of degradation of the natural environment
11 Field studies
12 Field studies
13 Field studies
14 General evaluation
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Atalay, I., 2002, Land Degradation in Turkey, 7. Turkey-Romania Academic Seminar Preceeding.
Atalay,I., 2011, Genel Fiziki Coğrafya, Meta Basım, Izmir.
Atalay,I., 2011, Türkiye Coğrafyası Jeopolitiği, Meta Basım, Izmir.
Atalay, I., 1992, Paleogeography of the Near East and Human Impact, Ege Üviversitesi Yay.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Question Answer, Sampling.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exam, prepering assignment

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ibrahim.atalay@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 176

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.14
LO.253
LO.344
LO.45
LO.54